There is a part of me that is worried that they are rushing the story to finish in 6.0 instead of the original plan for 7.0 to get to the next story arch as soon as possible and that this might make some of the plot points in the Hydalyn/Zodiark feel rushed or anti-climatic. the recent Bojza storyline supposedly concluding the Dalmascus storyline as well in a field note has me even more concerned that some plot points tied to the previous arch will just be cut off. the two new raids dealing with previous plot points has given me some reassurance that some plot points may take the entire expansion to wrap up.

I am also a tad worried that doing multiple major locations that have been hinted at for years in one expansion will not do them the justice they deserve. I feel that Garlemald and Sharylyan probably were originally going to get their own expansions before having to share and so far it does not feel like there are a ton of zones associated with them. Garlemald especially has me concerned as it only has one zone and that does not feel like enough to do it justice. I might be wrong and they might make up for it by making it an absolutely massive zone larger then any other to date, the benchmark put a big focus on it helps back this up and on the expansion page they make a point of massive zones. Still I hope it at least gets a Doma enclave restoration quest with the Iron works to further flesh it out and even though it is destroyed I do hope it is a more urban zone that is to say that there is more areas inside the ruined city then out in the snowy wastes, we already have snowy zones. I know I have made mention before in the past that I got tired of fighting the same enemies and wanted to see new antagonists and storylines but I do not want it to be at the expense of the storylines set up for over 10 years now.

Other small wishes would be for healers to be fixed with the addition of sage instead of messed up and for female Viera to get some more hairstyles and for both genders to wear most headgear.

I do not want it to seem like I am complaining or doubtful as I have nothing for respect for Yoshi P. and his team, in fact he is one of the few game developers I actually both trust and respect in this day and age and he appears to have helped reform more of Square Enix in recent years as well with the production of FF XVI compared to FF XV being an obvious example but I just had some concerns with the storyline concluding sooner then originally planned and how healers and Viera were handled in ShB.